Paul takes what he said in verses 12-17 about interacting with one another generally and applies it very specifically to family relationships. He instructs believers who are free in Christ and who know there are no longer any distinctions between them in Christ how to relate to each other in a household now based in […]
Paul mentioned the new self in verse 10 and said it was being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him. He also said that Christ is all and in all. In light of those truths, he now explains what the new self looks like. If our identity […]
Luke 2 is really the quintessential Christmas passage. It’s the most complete account of the birth of the Messiah and the text most people associate with Christmas. It’s not, however, simply a narrative. In Luke’s telling he gives us a picture of how God sovereignly works; of how God is the God of power and […]
Since we have been raised with Christ and now seek the things above, where Christ is, we no longer seek the things of this world. This results in holiness – it can do nothing else. Death, burial, resurrection and living in union with Someone else change us. They have a drastic effect on sexual purity […]
Set your mind on things above.
Why would anyone who died with Christ to man-centered and effort-based religion live as if the cross didn’t free them at all?
We are free in Christ because of our identification with Him. Sin ultimately has no power over us.
We must live in Christ. We are made complete in Him and have victory and freedom in Him.
Whatever we experience or understand in this life only has meaning to the extent it is experienced or understood in Christ.
As gospel believers, we share in Christ’s suffering and know Him better as a result.
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